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• Notes: Speedweeks car shines for Sharon winner

  Posted: 08/21/2022, 07:11 am By Kevin Kovac

  HARTFORD, Ohio (Aug. 20) — Devin Moran has been searching all season for the speed and strength he flashed during Georgia-Florida Speedweeks. He might have finally found it Saturday. After rolling to a convincing $10,000 triumph in the Full Story

• Notes: Not quite enough pixie dust in O’Neal rally

  Posted: 08/21/2022, 06:28 am By Robert Holman

  LOCUST GROVE, Ark. (Aug. 20) — There are plenty of songs about magic. A simple internet search quickly delivers 54, 40 of them with magic in the title. There are numerous movies — purely fiction, of course — and books as well which Full Story

• It's red-hot Davenport vs. the World at Topless

  Posted: 08/20/2022, 01:44 pm By Robert Holman

  LOCUST GROVE, Ark. (Aug. 19) — It may not be Jonathan Davenport vs. the World, but it’s starting to feel that way. Davenport, the red-hot superstar from Blairsville, Ga., who already has more than $1.6 million in earnings this season, Full Story

• Back 'home' with WoO, confidence fills Clanton

  Posted: 08/20/2022, 10:51 am By Kyle McFadden

  MECHANICSBURG, Pa. (Aug. 19) — Though it didn’t appear anything special happened in Shane Clanton’s run-of-the-mill victory Friday at Williams Grove Speedway, the front-row starter from Zebulon, Ga., drove home a couple of notable Full Story

• Evansville, Ind., racer taking the next step

  Posted: 08/18/2022, 08:18 am By Bryan Ault

  BROWNSTOWN, Ind. — John Clippinger remembers when his father fielded a Late Model team more than a dozen years ago with Kevin Claycomb and other standout drivers steering the team's No. 16c. Now 24, Clippinger is getting his chance to Full Story

• Notes: After slowdown, Myers revving up again

  Posted: 08/18/2022, 08:19 am By Kyle McFadden

  At the height of his racing career in 2010, D.J. Myers had established himself as one of the fiercest Mid-Atlantic weekly racers. Thirty-two of his 78 total wins in a Dirt Late Model were amassed between 2009 to ’13 driving for Virginia Full Story

• Notes: Briggs eager for close-to-home events

  Posted: 08/17/2022, 12:46 pm By Mike Warren

  Boom Briggs has seen many scenarios in his Late Model career. However, 2022 brought him a new challenge — owning two cars on the World of Outlaws Case Late Model Series. As the national tour heads into a three-race weekend at Williams Full Story

• Column: Winding down, but not ready to retire

  Posted: 08/17/2022, 12:47 pm

  Ask Lance Matthees if the 2022 campaign is going to be his last as a Dirt Late Model driver and the 66-year-old from Winona, Minn., will come as close as possible to confirming his impending retirement. “It ain’t official,” he said Full Story

• Fast Facts: 30th annual Comp Cams Topless 100

  Posted: 08/16/2022, 04:53 pm By Robert Holman

  Event: 30th annual Comp Cams Topless 100 presented by Nutrien Ag Solutions Dates: Aug. 19-20 ($5,000-to-win program on Friday followed by Saturday’s $50,000-to-win finale) Track: Batesville (Ark.) Motor Speedway (3/8-mile clay oval) Sanction: Full Story

• Top 25: Veteran McDowell returns to the Top 10

  Posted: 08/16/2022, 10:23 am By Todd Turner

  Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., strengthened his grip on the No. 1 spot leading DirtonDirt.com's power rankings over the nation's best drivers, including a pair of fellow Georgians in the top 10 who joined Davenport on the podium Full Story

• Fast Talk: Next 100-lap race? We’ll take a pass

  Posted: 08/15/2022, 10:20 am

  With Jonathan Davenport adding yet another megapurse victory with his $75,000 Sunoco North-South 100 triumph at Florence, we consider that and more in our weekly feature presented by Castrol Motor Oil and Fluids (edited for clarity and Full Story

• Notes: North-South 100 goes south for Madden

  Posted: 08/14/2022, 02:03 pm By Todd Turner

  UNION, Ky. (Aug. 13) — Florence Speedway fans were primed for a showdown of the No. 1 and No. 2 ranked drivers Saturday at the 40th North-South 100, at $75,000-to-win the richest race in track history. Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Full Story

• Dohm fuels up for solid North-South 100 finish

  Posted: 08/14/2022, 01:20 am By Todd Turner

  UNION, Ky. (Aug. 13) — Zack Dohm was ready with a quip for his postrace interview following Saturday’s Sunoco North-South 100 at Florence Speedway. “At least we didn’t run out of fuel this time,” Dohm said with a smile. | RaceWire And Full Story

• Georgians stand tall on North-South 100 podium

  Posted: 08/14/2022, 01:21 am By Todd Turner

  UNION, Ky. (Aug. 13) — Florence Speedway’s biggest event began 40 years ago, pitting the nation’s Northern drivers vs. the nation’s Southern drivers at the half-mile track that lies just south of the Mason-Dixon line. But considering Full Story

• Robinson's reset, rally raises spirits at Florence

  Posted: 08/13/2022, 01:52 am By Todd Turner

  UNION, Ky. (Aug. 12) — Loading up a race car is typically a mundane task for sixth-place finishers, but Ross Robinson clearly had a pep in his step Friday night at Florence Speedway. The 32-year-old from Georgetown, Del., showed a cheery Full Story

• Notes: Grandpa-to-be EPJ anxious at Florence

  Posted: 08/13/2022, 01:10 am By Todd Turner

  UNION, Ky. (Aug. 12) — Rocket Chassis house car driver Brandon Sheppard’s wife Mikala gave birth to their newest child hours before Sheppard headed to Florence Speedway for the Sunoco North-South 100 weekend, but four-time Lucas Oil Full Story

• Rice, Florence's top-side talent, awes observers

  Posted: 08/11/2022, 05:00 pm By Todd Turner

  UNION, Ky. (Aug. 11) — How would you describe how high-flying Florence Speedway favorite Josh Rice blazes around the high-banked, half-mile oval? “He’s up on the cushion a lot,” said young fan Briahna Lennex of Maysville, Ky., Full Story

• Ferguson, Ultimate clash on VMS tire controversy

  Posted: 08/11/2022, 04:09 pm By Robert Holman and Todd Turner

  With Chris Ferguson disputing his tire-related disqualification from Saturday’s Ultimate Southeast Super Late Model victory at Virginia Motor Speedway, series president Stan Lester on Tuesday evening announced he’s planning on meeting Full Story

• Notes: Improving Oklahoma youngster chases title

  Posted: 08/11/2022, 08:50 am By Kyle McFadden

  Because weekly racing options options for the typical Late Model racer are scarce in the state of Oklahoma more known for modifieds and stock cars, Sooner State drivers such as Hayden Ross have to look elsewhere for Late Model competition. Fortunately Full Story

• Notes: King ups ante for 40th North-South 100

  Posted: 08/10/2022, 11:59 pm

  Josh King has his finger on the pulse of Dirt Late Model racing enough to recognize when the sport’s economy begins to shift. And 2022 marks one such season with the division’s national tours, the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and Full Story

• Column: Back to WoO for racing die-hard Francis

  Posted: 08/10/2022, 08:09 am

  Steve Francis considered finding a new career unrelated to Dirt Late Model racing after resigning from his position as the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series’s technical director. He really did. But who was he kidding? For his entire adult Full Story

• Notes: Unzicker's rally falls short at Merritt

  Posted: 08/09/2022, 09:14 pm By Kyle McFadden

  LAKE CITY, Mich. (Aug. 6) — Ryan Unzicker was content as could be with Saturday’s 22nd-to-third drive in the Wood Tic Memorial at Merritt Speedway. The only thing that gnawed at the El Paso, Ill., driver though, was that he never had Full Story

• Fast Facts: 40th annual Sunoco North-South 100

  Posted: 08/09/2022, 01:10 pm By Robert Holman

  Dates: Aug. 11-13 (split-field $5,000-to-win programs Thursday and Friday followed by Saturday’s $75,000-to-win finale) Track: Florence Speedway in Union, Ky. (half-mile high-banked clay oval) Sanction: Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Purse: Full Story

• Top 25: J.D. unanimous No. 1 as Terbo rises

  Posted: 08/09/2022, 10:27 am By Todd Turner

  While Jonathan Davenport of Blairsville, Ga., tightened his grip on the No. 1 spot in DirtonDirt.com’s weekly power rankings with his victory in the USA Nationals at Cedar Lake Speedway, Tyler Erb of New Waverly, Texas rejoined the top Full Story

• Notes: USA Nationals showdown is a no-show

  Posted: 08/08/2022, 03:33 pm By Kevin Kovac

  NEW RICHMOND, Wis. (Aug. 6) — Chris Madden was ready for a showdown with Jonathan Davenport, a race-long battle with the lone Dirt Late Model driver who’s won more money than him in 2022. But even though Madden started outside Davenport Full Story